What iKON means for YANG HYUN SUK
[OSEN=손남원 기자] Another name of a boy band will be added to the list of YG family, following BIGBANG and WINNER. And it is the one that will be born on MIX & MATCH—iKON. So what does iKON mean for the Executive Producer, YANG HYUN SUK, and his Hand of Midas?
At 11pm on Oct 30, YANG appeared on the final match of MIX & MATCH on Mnet. He commented, “It’s already been 2 years since the survival program WIN started. Through MIX & MATCH, iKON will be born. I hope they can have positive influence in the music world all across the globe like BIGBANG.”
Now the process of finalizing the members of iKON is nearing an end, after a long and great journey of 6 months. It depends on the viewers who will join the fixed members B.I, BOBBY and KIM JINHWAN. Among KOO JUNHOE, SONG YUNHYEONG, KIM DONGHYUK, JUNG JINHYEONG, JUNG CHANWOO and YANG HONGSEOK, all of whom worked extremely hard during the journey, some will fail and some will list their names as members of iKON.
It’s the moment of fait. All 9 members put an end to their journey with such tasteful and powerful performances in the final match. Although starting at different stages of lives, all of them headed to the same dream, and they devoted everything into it. They were all in, and the sadness and satisfaction that poured in at the end moved the hearts of many viewers. YANG, who had been a harsh teacher yet a warm mentor to the boys, also felt himself tear up watching this final stage.
There is a reason he has high expectations for the group. “At such a young age, the boys tasted bitterness of life (losing on WIN) while also developing unbeatable passion (by taking on the challenge of MIX & MATCH). They will be stronger than any other YG members.”
At the preview event of MIX & MATCH, YANG once said, “I could not keep the promise that WINNER will make a debut soon. It took them 10 months. We wanted to produce something immediately, but when we discovered their composing skills, we changed our plans and decided to go for a full album. For YG it is a miracle that a full album could be produced in just 10 months.”
He then added, “The debut of iKON is expected to be the beginning of next year. After MIX & MATCH they will work hard on producing songs. This year we have AKDONG MUSICIAN and WINNER, but as the producer, it is my hope that they will release something early next year and receive awards for new artists for that year.”
So now all eyes are on the result of the vote by the viewers to see what kind of iKON will be born in 2015.
2014. 10. 31.
